# CinemaScore **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 4, 2003, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemascore/172989 "2003-05-04T06:53:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quiddity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/65b543/32.png) [@Quiddity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemascore/172989/1 "2003-05-04T06:53:32Z")
So I _used_ to use this site extensively to get a sense on which movies I’d enjoy and which ones I should avoid. It was perfect… a rating from your collective Average Joes, not critics with whom I have nothing in common with. And as an avid movie watcher, it saved me from countless hours of garbage. Today - as I debate whether or not to see X2, I learn that they now want to charge $99 a year to access **anything** on the damn site (even the archives!) When did this happen? And why? And does anyone wanna ‘loan’ me $99? 🙂 I’m assuming they were losing money, but I feel betrayed. ---
**Author:** ![TJ555\_The\_Golfer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@TJ555\_The\_Golfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJ555_The_Golfer)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemascore/172989/2 "2003-05-04T09:51:55Z")
$99 is really…well they are screwwing you. I suggest you build a pipe bomb and send it to them. That will teach them to use technology. ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinemascore/172989/3 "2003-05-04T12:46:39Z")
[http://us.imdb.com/](http://us.imdb.com/) for ratings by “joe sixpack” [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/) for ratings by “elitist snobs”